Cool Pictures IV: The Awesomeness is Volatile

[Arakhor]

Someone's been messing with that picture.

 

[Cutlass]

I don't think so. I've seen fallen trees like that. All that's odd is the guy being able to balance himself like that.

 

[Heiwod Jablomi]

Its real: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/12ckjm/my_new_profile_pic_compliments_of_hurricane_sandy/

 

[Arakhor]

So that tree has been ripped up by its roots and the chap is doing some sort of pose to appear as if he's standing?

 

[Cutlass]

exactly. the tree probably fell in the hurricane.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

So that tree has been ripped up by its roots and the chap is doing some sort of pose to appear as if he's standing?

Yes. I took pictures of dozens of trees last year when Hurricane Irene swept through Maryland, they had all suffered the same fate. What happens is, the hours of torrential rain softens the ground, and the constantly changing, incredibly strong winds wiggle the trees back and forth. After a little while, those two actions basically turn the ground around the roots into a milkshake consistency, and even incredibly large trees (my parents lost one that was so big that two grown men holding hands [no homo, of course] could not have put their arms around its trunk) can be ripped out of the ground, root base and all, in just the manner depicted in that picture.

EDIT: Observe!

 

[Meteor Man]

That dude is incredibly strong to make it look that natural.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I think its crazy that the tree is so well rooted in the ground, it isn't simply ripped out of the ground, it rips out the ground with it.

 

[Renn]

The guy and the tree made me giggle. Poor tree though.

This pic also made me smile

 

[Monsterzuma]

Moderator Action: Link removed for profanity.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[Monsterzuma]

for the truth: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...aded-robot-that-never-was+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk

 

[Cutlass]

I think its crazy that the tree is so well rooted in the ground, it isn't simply ripped out of the ground, it rips out the ground with it.

That really is what happens when a tree falls. The roots of a tree spread out a log ways from the trunk. But are most concentrated close in. In a few years when the rain washes the dirt off that, you'll see that it's most all just the root ball of the tree.

 

[Monsterzuma]

Finally, A Decent Neck-Rest For Sleeping Upright
http://www.geekologie.com/2012/11/finally-a-decent-neck-rest-for-sleeping.php

 

[Borachio]

This is like that bike you showed a picture of.

It's mental, is what it is. You need to support the rest of the body too. And by the time you've done that you might as well just lie down.

 

[Traitorfish]

Maybe it's for sleeping upright in a seat? Like on a plane or whatever.

 

[Monsterzuma]

by the time you've done that you might as well just lie down.

not always an option.

 

[Monsterzuma]

 

[Arakhor]

I'm sure we already have a thread for depressing pictures.

 

[Borachio]

And then - boom! - three relationships come along at once.

 

[strijder20]

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